Koenigsegg Trevita

2010 Koenigsegg Trevita

Shine on you crazy diamond

As contradictory as it might sound, there’s no shortage of low-production supercar manufacturers out there. Most offer exclusivity and outrageous performance, but few can match the jaw-dropping craftsmanship and build quality of Koenigsegg. Hand-built, fully bespoke, and lovingly finished, any car from the Angelholm-based automaker comes stuffed with insane technology and world-beating go-fast engineering, all the way down to the smallest of details. Amazingly, the Trevita manages to take all that goodness a step further thanks to its unique exterior aesthetic.

At a basic level, you could describe the Trevita as a limited-edition variant of the Koenigsegg CCXR Edition. The name means “three whites” in Swedish, a reference to the model’s extreme rarity and standout exterior hue.

While other composite supercars show their weaves in raw black (or, occasionally, a colored tint), the Trevita boasts white carbon fiber, created in-house using a unique manufacturing process. The resulting material gives off an enticing silver glean, which, applied to a car, creates a “diamond on wheels.”

Updated 08/18/2017: We added a series of new images taken during the 2017 Monterey Car Week.

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As contradictory as it might sound, there’s no shortage of low-production supercar manufacturers out there. Most offer exclusivity and outrageous performance, but few can match the jaw-dropping craftsmanship and build quality of Koenigsegg. Hand-built, fully bespoke, and lovingly finished, any car from the Angelholm-based automaker comes stuffed with insane technology and world-beating go-fast engineering, all the way down to the smallest of details. Amazingly, the Trevita manages to take all that goodness a step further thanks to its unique exterior aesthetic.

At a basic level, you could describe the Trevita as a limited-edition variant of the Koenigsegg CCXR Edition. The name means “three whites” in Swedish, a reference to the model’s extreme rarity and standout exterior hue.

While other composite supercars show their weaves in raw black (or, occasionally, a colored tint), the Trevita boasts white carbon fiber, created in-house using a unique manufacturing process. The resulting material gives off an enticing silver glean, which, applied to a car, creates a “diamond on wheels.”

Updated 08/18/2017: We added a series of new images taken during the 2017 Monterey Car Week.

Jay Leno became famous because, at one point, he was a really funny comedian. Despite losing some of his mojo as a stand-up wit, Leno remains a deity within the auto industry for his unbridled passion for anything that has four wheels and goes really, really fast.

On the other hand, Leno’s exposure to some of the world’s most exotic cars has set his standards pretty high, so when a car makes even Jay Leno giggle like a kid having one too many lollipops, you know you’re dealing with more than just a fine piece of machinery. That’s exactly what Leno looked like when he sat behind the wheel of his new Koenigsegg Trevita CCRX, which was personally hand-delivered to him by no less than company owner and founder Christian von Koenigsegg.

With only three such models in existence, you could say that Leno is in possession of one of the rarest supercars in the world and he wasn’t subtle about bringing his ride out on the streets of LA to show it off. Hey, if we had a Trevita CCRX in our garages, we’d be flaunting it out for the world to see too.